carpetweed

Mollugo verticillata

Weed Characteristics

Other Names: green carpetweed, whorled chickweed, Indian chickweed, devils-grip

Leaf Type: Broadleaf

Flowers: White

Leaves: Tongue-shaped leaves that form a close-to-the-ground mat

Life Cycle: Summer annual

Summer annual broadleaf weed that forms light green, circular mats, up to several feet in diameter, and can spread quickly. Smooth, light green, narrow oval, or tongue-shaped leaves are displayed in whorls around the smooth stem, 3-8 leaves per node. Stems are low-growing with forked branching at nodes. Carpetweed flowers in late summer, from July to September with 2-4 tiny white flowers at the joint between leaf and stem. Spreads by seeds that germinate starting in spring and throughout the growing season. Prefers thin or sandy soils.

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